Buck Jones
Well-Known Member
You never can tell where the day is gonna go! Took Ernestine to the St Patrick's day parade with us yesterday. While watching the parade and stroking her in the front pack, I noticed "dandruffy" ears.
After the parade, returned home and administered a dollop of Ivermectin horse worming paste, as I've done for about the pasteight years and ten rabbits. Marked calendar for future treatment dates.
We had company for dinner, who stayed late, departing about 11:00P.M. It was then that I went to check on Ernestine, who was in obvious distress. Pam had mentioned some rabbits may react adversely to ivermectin, but it had never happened in my experience. Unfortunately, the breath of my experience has now been widened at Ernestine's expense.
She was grinding teeth, lethargic, in kind of a stupor, not eating and not drinking. The only saving grace was that the ivermectin I administered was long out of date, a stupid error on my part but, perhaps, less virulent as a result.
Today, she seems a bit better, but still exhibits all the symptoms of last night. I administered some water, NutriCal, and pedialite and will follow up with more water later in an attempt to"flush" her system.
Asking for thoughts and prayers for Ernestine, who never asked for any of this. It was an unwise decision on my part. I should have "tested" with a minuscule amount first.
If no significant improvement by tomorrow morning, will bring her to vet.
Buck
After the parade, returned home and administered a dollop of Ivermectin horse worming paste, as I've done for about the pasteight years and ten rabbits. Marked calendar for future treatment dates.
We had company for dinner, who stayed late, departing about 11:00P.M. It was then that I went to check on Ernestine, who was in obvious distress. Pam had mentioned some rabbits may react adversely to ivermectin, but it had never happened in my experience. Unfortunately, the breath of my experience has now been widened at Ernestine's expense.
She was grinding teeth, lethargic, in kind of a stupor, not eating and not drinking. The only saving grace was that the ivermectin I administered was long out of date, a stupid error on my part but, perhaps, less virulent as a result.
Today, she seems a bit better, but still exhibits all the symptoms of last night. I administered some water, NutriCal, and pedialite and will follow up with more water later in an attempt to"flush" her system.
Asking for thoughts and prayers for Ernestine, who never asked for any of this. It was an unwise decision on my part. I should have "tested" with a minuscule amount first.
If no significant improvement by tomorrow morning, will bring her to vet.
Buck